NORWALK, Conn., May 14, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- CUSIP Global Services (CGS) today announced the release of its CUSIP Issuance Trends Report for April 2026. The report, which tracks the issuance of new security identifiers as an early indicator of debt and capital markets activity over the next quarter, found a monthly increase in request volume for new corporate and municipal identifiers.
North American corporate CUSIP requests totaled 8,971 in April, which represents an 9.1% increase on a monthly basis. On an annualized basis, North American corporate requests were up 11.7% over April 2025 totals. Requests for new U.S. corporate debt identifiers rose 8.2% and requests for new U.S. corporate equity identifiers fell 2.7% for the month of April.
The aggregate total of identifier requests for new municipal securities – including municipal bonds, long-term and short-term notes, and commercial paper – rose 17.2% versus March totals. On a year-over-year basis, overall municipal volumes were down 0.2% through the end of April. Texas led state-level municipal request volume with a total of 137 new CUSIP requests in April, followed by California (132) and New York (89).
“CUSIP request volume has been steadily increasing over the first four months of the year as issuers gear up to access the capital markets,” said Gerard Faulkner, Director of Operations for CGS. “While some key asset classes, such as U.S. corporates and municipals are still down from the strong issuance volumes we saw last year, the last two months have shown a significant bump in new activity.”
Requests for international equity CUSIPs fell 34.9% in April and international debt CUSIP requests were down 29.9%. On an annualized basis, international equity CUSIP requests were up 9.8% and international debt CUSIP requests were up 15.4%.
To view the full CUSIP Issuance Trends report for April, please click here.
Following is a breakdown of new CUSIP Identifier requests by asset class year-to-date through April 2026:
| Asset Class | 2026 YTD | 2025 YTD | YOY Change |
| Private Placement Securities | 1,978 | 1,546 | 27.9% |
| U.S. Corporate Equity | 4,857 | 3,985 | 21.9% |
| Syndicated Loans | 1,076 | 909 | 18.4% |
| International Debt | 2,577 | 2,234 | 15.4% |
| Long-Term Municipal Notes | 163 | 148 | 10.1% |
| International Equity | 618 | 563 | 9.8% |
| Short-Term Municipal Notes | 278 | 261 | 6.5% |
| CDs < 1-year Maturity | 2,963 | 3,023 | -2.0% |
| Municipal Bonds | 3,167 | 3,306 | -4.2% |
| CDs > 1-year Maturity | 2,391 | 2,507 | -4.6% |
| U.S. Corporate Debt | 10,315 | 10,972 | -6.0% |
| Canada Corporate Debt & Equity | 1,787 | 2,283 | -21.7% |
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